Why did they even allow you to infiltrate in the first place? I mean, do I need to have a good story about myself to get in? (Which would be tough to overcome.) I’m only occasionally chirpy, so I’m not sure my ‘Engagement Quotient’ moves the needle even slightly when it comes to meeting Medium’s social bar.

I was born in 1950… is that significant enough to get an invite? I think it was a Tuesday. They used manual typewriters back then. With carbon paper. And mimeograph machines, which had an odd smell. How am I doing?